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Girls’ Cup Qualifiers Kick Off Across Scotland

Girls’ rugby players across Scotland are gearing up for the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Girl’s Cup qualification tournaments that will take place simultaneously across the country.

Following its successful introduction last season, entries have doubled this year with 27 teams turning out in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Inverness as an increasing number of women and girls get into the oval ball game.

Girls’ rugby players across Scotland are gearing up for the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Girl’s Cup qualification tournaments that will take place simultaneously across the country.

Following its successful introduction last season, entries have doubled this year with 27 teams turning out in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk and Inverness as an increasing number of women and girls get into the oval ball game.

Colin Thompson the Head of Community Rugby stated that “The fact that we now have a successful and robust girls’ competition is very exciting, giving girls the opportunity to play in a competitive environment and show off their skills.

“This competition can only be of benefit to girls’ rugby and I wish every team the best of luck this weekend”.

The winning teams from the round-robin qualifiers will proceed to the national cup quarter-finals, runners-up from the cup quarter-finals will then be entered into a Shield competition (semi-final stage) while the runners-up of the qualifying round-robins go into a Bowl quarter-final.